US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for NORTH DAKOTA

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LocationCountyState/ProvinceDirections,NotesAgeFormationFossilsCommentsReferenceLat-Long
-[?]NDRegional exposures in W part of statePaleoceneFort UnionFossil PlantsND0047|,
South Central ND[?]NDIn Cretaceous outcrops in Sioux,Morton,Emmons Counties.CretaceousScaphites,bivalves,annelids,arthropods,fish,crocodiles,turtles,trace fossils,cirripedes,LingulaND0046|,
AndrewsBillingsNDIn divide in SW1/4s9t140r103 Buffalo Gap Campground; North Dakota: Golden Valley Co. -103.6752, 46.9544, ( 2575 ft ) at a distance of 572 mCretaceousVertebrates - fish,turtles,Champsosaurs.ND0001CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission46.9544,-103.6752, SW1/4s9t140r103|,
Bacon CreekBillingsNDnear mouth of creekCretaceousplants,shells,saurian bones - Triceratops,other dinosaursND000246.3067,-103.8975,,SCU|,
MedoraBillingsND3.5 km SWCretaceousfossil plantsND000346.9139,-103.5239,,MCU|,
MedoraBillingsNDAt Wannagan CreekPaleocenecrocodiles,about 100 species of fossilsND000446.9139,-103.5239,,MCU|,
Sand Creek P.O.BillingsNDat White ButteOligoceneWhite Riverfish - Plioplarchus; vertebrates - Eporeodon,rhinoceros,crocodilesND0005CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission|,
BowmanBowmanNDarea exposuresCretaceousdinosaursND000646.1831,-103.3944,,MCU|,
RhameBowmanNDCretaceousHell Creekvertebrates-Triceratops,plantsND0007CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permissionhttps://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs/digs.asp46.2325,-103.6550,,MCU|,
-Bowman,BillingsNDCretaceousPlants - Taxodium,Populus,Platanus,Juglans,Hicoria,Sapindus,Viburnum,Trapa,Cocculus.ND0008Can't find any citation for a 'Somber' formation47.6861,-97.1042,,MCU|,
MoffitBurleighND11 km W and 2 km S Just S of crest of hill in bypassed road cutPaleoceneCannonballDecapods,RaninaND000946.6772,-100.2908,,MCU|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km S 10 km W in old road cut on crest of hillPaleoceneCrabs,Ranina[?]ND001146.6772,-100.2908,,MCU|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km S in sand blowout on W side of road NE1/4S28t127Nr77w Lake Campbell Dam; South Dakota: Campbell Co. -100.1318, 45.7414 at a distance of 5720 mPaleoceneCrabsND001245.7414,-100.1318, NE1/4S28t127Nr77w|,
MoffitBurleighND2 km SDecapodsND001046.6772,-100.2908,,MCU|,
MoffitBurleighNDSand Blow outs 9 km W,2 km S on W side of the roadPaleoceneCannonballDecapods,CamarocarcinusND001346.6772,-100.2908,,MCU|,
Beaver CreekEmmonsNDalong Beaver Creek for 11 km in sand concretionsCretaceousPierreAcanthoscaphites,Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphenodiscus,SphaeriolaND001446.2475,-100.5389,,MCU|,
Beaver CreekEmmonsNDat bridge 5 km up Sand Creek in sand concretionsCretaceousPierreAcanthoscaphites,Gervillia,Inoceramus,Sphenodiscus,SphaeriolaND001546.2475,-100.5389,,MCU|,
LintonEmmonsND2 km SW at Seeman Park in cutback on Beaver Creekbivalves,ammonites,gastropodsND001648.8386,-103.8061,,MCU|,
LintonEmmonsND6.5 km N in channel scourCretaceousHell Creekreptile bone fragmentsND001748.8386,-103.8061,,MCU|,
LintonEmmonsNDIn North facing cutbank on Beaver Creek in Seeman Park 2 km S in Cretaceous Fox Hills Sandstonebivalves,ammonites,gastropods,Decapods,echinoids.ND001848.8386,-103.8061,,MCU|,
-Golden Valley,SlopeNDIn dark clay bands in fresh water bedsPaleoceneCannonballoysters turtles,Champsosaurs,ganoid fish fragments,plantsND001947.6861,-97.1042,,MCU|,
CooperstownGriggsNDSE in 2km area along Sheyenne River http://www.state.nd.us/ndfossils/Research/Articles/Cooperstown/Cooperstown_Pierre_Shale.htmlCretaceousPierreMarine vertebrates -- Mosasaurs,sharks,fish,diverse invertebratesND0020CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission47.4444,-98.1236,,MCU|,
BurnsteadLoganNDIn area road cutsbivalves,gastropods,ammonites.ND0021|,
BurnsteadLoganNDin area road cutsCretaceous?ND0022|,
AlexanderMcKenzieNDAt Titanoides sitePaleoceneFort Unionvertebrates-reptiles-ChampsosaurusND0023CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission47.8431,-103.6422,,MCU|,
Little Missouri National GrasslandsMcKenzieNDLatLon is arbitrary spot near middle of the grasslandPaleoceneCannonballfossils?ND0050http://www.fs.fed.us/ngp/draft/deis/deis_files/pdf_deis_append/ApF.pdf47.53,-103.53,,GA5|,
RiverdaleMcLeanNDat Lake Sakakwea. Several outcrops accessible only at times of very low waterPaleocene UpperSentinel ButteTitanoides,26 taxa of non-marine mollusks;Vivaparus,Grangerella,Planaconvexa[?],mammal teethND0024There doesn't seem to be a genus 'Planoconvexa'. It is possibly 'Planorbis planoconvexus'.47.4975,-101.3708,,MCU|,
AlmontMortonNDIn shale in mounds on area farmsPaleoceneSentinel ButteWell preserved plant (conifer) fossilsND004846.7253,-101.5022,,MCU|,
BreienMortonNDIn SE1/4S17T134NR81W at base of cliff Red Cedar Cemetery; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8562, 46.3847 at a distance of 4685 m Solen Township Road Dam; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8437, 46.3817 at a distance of 5505 mPaleoceneCannonballHalymenitesND002646.3817,-100.8437, SE1/4S17T134NR81W|,
BreienMortonNDalong base of bluffs is Se1/4s17t134Nr81w Red Cedar Cemetery; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8562, 46.3847 at a distance of 4685 m Solen Township Road Dam; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.8437, 46.3817 at a distance of 5505 mHalymenitesND002746.3817,-100.8437, Se1/4s17t134Nr81w|,
Cannonball RiverMortonNDIn SE1/4S21T134NR80W Solen, City of; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.7960, 46.3886 at a distance of 4655 mPaleoceneCannonballMollusks Anomia,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina,Fasciolaria,Polynices,Halymenites,gastropods,bone fragments crocodile teethND0028'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'46.3886,-100.7960, SE1/4S21T134NR80W|,
Cannonball RiverMortonNDIn se1/4s21t134nr80w along river in coquina bed and concretionsSolen, City of; North Dakota: Sioux Co. -100.7960, 46.3886 at a distance of 4655 mAnomia,pelecypods,Cymbophora,Ostrea,Protocardia,Pteria,Tellina,Fasciolaria,Polynices,Halymenites,gastropods,bone fragments,crocodile teethND0029'Polynices' is likely a misspelling of Polinices,the modern 'moon snail'46.3886,-100.7960, se1/4s21t134nr80w|,
JudsonMortonNDSlopePaleocene UpperBullion Creeknon-marine mollusksND003046.8264,-101.2781,,MCU|,
Schaller[?]MortonNDAbandoned P.O. -- in area outcropsCretaceouspelecypods and other fossils.ND0031Unable to locate Schaller 050606.|,
Fort BertholdMountrailNDon Missouri RiverPaleocene UpperSentinel Buttenon-marine mollusks.ND003247.5125,-101.8128,,MCU|,
New TownMountrailNDBison LatifronsND003347.9808,-102.4897,,MCU|,
WalhallaPembinaND11 km W in Pembina GorgeCretaceousPierrefossilsND003448.9233,-97.9178,,MCU|,
Fort YatesSiouxNDCretaceousFox HillsAmmonites-HoploscaphitesND003546.0869,-100.6297,,MCU|,
Niobrara River headwatersSiouxNDIn badlandsMioceneHarrisonfossil Daemonelix burrowsND0036|,
Chalky ButtesSlopeNDIn a blowout on top of butteOligoceneKilldeeramphibians-AnuraND003746.3994,-103.3347,,SCU|,
MarmarthSlopeND24 km NNE 1 km E of Little Missouri Riverforams,corals,bryozoa,mollusks,ostracods,DecapodsND003846.2950,-103.9203,,MCU|,
MarmarthSlopeND27 km NNE in SW facing exposure 1 km W of Little Missouri RiverPaleoceneCannonball?ND003946.2950,-103.9203,,MCU|,
MarmarthSlopeNDArea badlandsCretaceousvertebratesND0040CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission46.2950,-103.9203,,MCU|,
Belfield StationStarkNDFrom Belfield Station to Little Missouri River in badlandslarge masses of petrified woodND0049An American Geological Railway Guide P259|,
DickinsonStarkND21km S and 13km W in channel sandstones at Fitterer Ranch SE 1/4 s7t137NR97W Daglum; North Dakota: Stark Co. -103.0204, 46.7089, ( 2745 ft ) at a distance of 4316 mOligoceneBruleturtles-StylemysND004146.7089,-103.0204, s7t137NR97W|,
DickinsonStarkND22 km SW in area badlands exposuresOligoceneWhite RiverIctops,Palaeolagus,Merycoidodon,Leptomeryx,Mesohippus,Hyracodon,Aceratherium.ND004246.8792,-102.7892,,MCU|,
South HeartStarkND11.2km SOligoceneBruleSquamata-PeltosaurusND004346.8647,-102.9911,,MCU|,
South HeartStarkND11km SOligoceneBrulemammals-Hyaenodon,Ischyromys,Leptictis,Merycoidodon,Mesohippus,Miniochoerus,PalaeolagusND004446.8647,-102.9911,,MCU|,
White ButteStarkNDEoceneGolden Valley (ND)vertebrates-Parectypodus,PhenacolemurND0045CAUTION:Collecting vertebrate material in the US requires landowner or government permission46.5992,-102.3756,,MCU|,
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